Supposably 90% of all fights hit the ground- that's true in the competitive cage fighting world- what about the real world?

It's true that you see sloppy tackles and takedowns- and some limited wrestling- but the chances of you tussling with a trained and competent catch-wrestling, master hooker, bjj black belt are incredibly rare. Heck- if that happens- you're in luck anyway 'cuz he may humiliate you, but he's probably not going to kill you. What's most likely going to happen is that you'll get tackled- and you may wrestle and scramble a bit. If he's an MMA fanboy- he may attempt to do what he sees on TV- but it ain't trained- so it'll be sloppy and full of holes.

So what do you need to know about groundfighting for the street? I'm talking real groundfighting- not dirty tricks and wishful thinking.

1) you need familiarity with the basic hold downs- most specifically- the mount or "schoolboy" as Gene LeBell would call it.

2) you need to know at least two ways on how to get out of the mount- a basic Upa, and a way to deal with a mount when he's posting.

3) you need to know how to get out of a bully's headlock from in front and behind.

That's pretty much it. If you know that, are in reasonable shape, have some degree of competence- you'll know enough groundfighting for the street.